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by xeonmc 390 days ago
The Butlerian Jihad will soon be upon us.
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Yeah that article was the first time I heard of the Butlerian Jihad not being used outside of the context of Dune, and as an actual thing.

And since we can talk about it without engaging with the article points, and talk about the words “Butlerian Jihad” I foresee many posts coming forth, decrying the luddites of the world

Which article?
Well, first we're going to need a millennia under brutal machine oppression. Who will be our Cymek Judas? So many good options these days...
I don't think we'll go quite that far but I can easily imagine a revival of a world in which the Internet is just a box in the corner of your office, and the church, driven by AI slop everywhere.
One prerequisite of the Butlerian Jihad is a model that doesnt absolutely shit the bed when given a non trivial coding task.
I suspect that ubiquitously forcing people to use models that do reliably shit the bed (on coding and everything else) is an excellent way to get a real world Butlerian Jihad.
Inshallah my friend.